the shore, we will talk about that coming up but also a very potent system waiting in the wings and we will time that out coming up, torey. we are sort of waiting on that rush, but we have construction zones like this one on i-95 southbound in delaware county not causing too much trouble but when sun comes up, rush comes in, we will have have more coming up, stay with us, ukee. more on breaking news huge flames in atlantic city leave a does up people home less including several children. we shot this video earlier this morning as the three alarm fire burned through the roof of that building on atlantic avenue. >> we will get out to syma chowdhry live at that scene where fire fighters are still trying to get a handle on that blaze, syma? >> reporter: still trying to get a handle just hours after the fire started. i will step out of the way so you can see what the situation is like right now. you can still see flames shooting from the roof from these buildings. we are just a few blocks away from the boardwalk and casinos and this three alarm fire has been burning for hours.

locatedded here on atlantic avenue between north carolina and pennsylvania avenue, five buildings have been affect and at least two of those buildings have partially collapsed. the fire started around 6:00 o'clock last night... no audio. the top floors are mainly storefronts with apartments above. the fire started in an alteration shop and quickly spread. luckily in one has been injured in this fire but fire fighters have been having a hard time... no audio. >> the weather was an issue tonight with the wind that didn't help us but eventually this thing will go out. we dumped a million or 2 gallons of water on it and it is still going. >> reporter: that is right, wind is a main issue here for the fire fighters. right now it is also drizzling. i'm not sure how that will affect them bat telling blaze trying to get it out. red cross is on the scene assisting five families that

includes 17... no audio they are also on the scene... >> we are having audio issues with same, we will get back to her within the hour. pennsylvania state police joined with philadelphia police to solute trooper david kidra fatally shot in the chest during a gun training exercise. it happened last night at montgomery county public safety training complex in conshohocken. i want to show you eyewitness video from this morning as philadelphia police joined state police, they are escorting the the 26 year-old flag draped coffin to the funeral home in the northeast. state police are calling the trooper's death an accident but they have not released details. he was a two year veteran assigned to troop k skippack station. state police commissioner frank noonan says that trooper kidra died serving the people of the commonwealth of pennsylvania and men and women of the pennsylvania state police mourn his loss and extend our sincere condolences to his family and friend. philadelphia police, fire

at the suspect, here they believe to be linked to a homicide. chopper 3hd over wistar in germantown just after 9:00 as police carry out their search. he escaped. police do not believe he was hit. no officers were hurt. i want to head out to the sky deck and check in with katie. how is it looking? >> not too bad, overall, erika but that does not mean we are completely without issue as we saw in syma's report there is drizzle and some wind. that is hampering fire fighting efforts going on down in atlantic city right now. i can tell you here on the sky deck it is very, very calm. it is locate dependent. lets go out first and foremost to storm scan three and start off there where we will continue to see light drizzle here and there over the the last three hours on the loop though you can see how back to the western suburbs, berks county, most noteably we are seeing heavier rain dwindle away here as part of the larger system, area have have

low pressure that continues to weaken but as it pull as way it is kicking up that win. currently the atlantic city airport where we will get this reading from 10 miles an hour sustain wind reported. it is a nor'easterly breeze, drawing in more from the opened waters of the atlantic. a little bit of moisture to help drizzle that syma is currently finding. but further inland the lighter that wind becomes. you might see fog out there, with any wind, it will have a hard time developing. that is on the side when it comes to that. sixty-two in atlantic city. mid 60's in most locations all depending on where you are, where it is cooler and milder, we are expect to go see a little bit of wet weather. not enough that you need an umbrella, i dent think it is anything more than a nuisance a weakening and b retreating, it will be a isolated off chance for anybody to see a shower but more heads up then anything. vittoria, back inside to you. good morning, everyone. lets talk about giving you a

heads up on i-95. yesterday the same construction zone caused a mess for commuters in delaware county. taking a look at 95 southbound, that would be towards that right side there the taillights moving through. this is your southbound side maneuvering through area of 476 approaching commodore barry bridge. this construction is allowing one lane to get by. this is only overnight construction but it will affect your rush hour commute. we saw it yesterday. would i imagine it will happen again. plan accordingly this morning. northbound i-95 no major delays at all. moving to the schuylkill expressway 76 is beautiful, wide opened just how we like to see the schuylkill expressway at anytime. take tonight right now. seventy-six east and westbound great not only around that area at 202 but anywhere down towards center city and walt whitman bridge moving beyond south philadelphia looks great. fifty-five on i-95. that will be even through the construction zones of both cottman and girard. we have good news there. fifty-five is what you are traveling on 476, in delays

for 202, 422, pennsylvania turnpike, overall great ride and in delays for mass transit, erika. >> developing this morning the first the united states had it first confirmed case of ebola a the unidentified man is listed in critical condition, and is in ice lays at a hospital in dallas, texas. the cdc says the patient flew to the u.s. from the west african nation of liberia on september 19th. began having symptoms four or five days later. on september 28th he was admitted to the hospital and tested positive for the deadly disease. officials are tracking down those close toes but they do not believe that anyone on the flight was sickened because ebola is not contagious until the patient shows symptoms. >> i wouldn't say there is no concern. we're certainly going to track all of the people who had contact with him and watch him and monitor their health. >> bottom line here is i have no doubt that we will control

this i am porttation or this case of ebola. >> it is unclear now if the patient, how the the patient contracted the disease, there is no cure for ebola only a experimental vaccine. so far ebola epidemic has killed more than 3,000 people. our coverage of the story continues on cbs philly.com where you'll find more about this case, out break in africa and the disease itself. in just a few hours pennsylvania candidates for governor will make their case to voters right here at cbs broadcast center. stage is set for breakfast with the candidates when governor tom corbett and democrat tom wolf will face off for their only debate in philadelphia election day is less than five weeks away and a polls show wolf with the double digit lead over the governor. get to hear both candidates vision for the state starting at 8:00 this morning. you can watch the debate live on our sister station the cw philly or listen to it on kyw news radio 1060.

cbs philly.com will stream it live. if you have a question for the candidates tweet it using the hash tag, cbs philly debate, and our pat ciarrocchi will take a closer look at the candidates and the issues coming up in our next half an hour. new this morning, cigarettes in philadelphia, just got a little bit more expensive. prices increased by $2 per pack at midnight thanks to the cities new cigarette tax. that taxis expected to raise anywhere from 42 million to 69 million-dollar for the cash strapped philadelphia school district. and drivers who run some red lights in abington township montgomery county, well, they can new expect a ticket in the mail. township's three new red light cameras started giving out hundred dollars tickets and fines at midnight. you can find those cameras at susquehanna road, old york and welsh road and moreland and fitzwater town road. >> just a heads up today. philadelphia's mayor michael nutter will sign new

legislation making philadelphia the largest city to decriminal ice possession of small amounts of marijuana person caught with less than a ounce of pot will receive $25 fine f someone is caught smoking marijuana in public they face a hundred dollars fine or community services. once signed into law the new policy initial to effect october 20th. 5:09. developing right now you a mayor shot and killed in his own house what police say happened just moments before that shooting. plus... >> i'm calling for to you surrender. >> state police call out the man wanted for ambushing two troopers, latest discovery as manhunt stretches on for another day. also a bidding war erupts for revel casino as auction goes into the early morning hours. latest offer to buy the now closed casino. we are continuing to follow breaking news fire fighter working to put out flames from the massive fire in atlantic city. we will get an update from the blaze when we come back.

don't forget when you hit the road you can still get you're witness weather forecast on the go, katie will be delivering your forecast on kyw news radio 1060 to get you through the morning commute. so please be sure to tune in. we will see new a

the the manhunt for eric frein takes another turn as he police find explosives in the woods. search teams found two pipe bombs in the woods that could be directly or by a trip wire. they continue to focus their efforts near the town of candanceas in the poconos. at a press conference yesterday state the police spoke directly to the suspect. >> i'm calling on you, eric, to surrender. you are clearly stressed, you're making significant

mistakes. >> there has been one credible sighting of frein in the past two days. he is wanted for ambush on the blooming grove barracks on september 12th that killed one trooper and seriously injured another. a southern california marries dead in what police are calling a domestic dispute with his wife. investigators say that the the mayor fatally shot her husband danielle yesterday following an argument. after several hours of questioning police release had her from custody pending criminal charges by ohe prosecutor's office. daniel was the mayor of bell gardens a suburb outside of los angeles. 53:00. lets get traffic and weather together. we will start off with katie, good morning. >> touching more specifically we will start off more hyper locally when it comes to what is going on with our weather in atlantic city where fire fighters continue to battle that blaze. we will go out to storm scan three and take you down to the shore here where we have a little bit of light drizzle and rain predominantly heavy moisture in this area.

it is out to sea at this point but because we have more northeasterly component to the wind flow here in atlantic city we are getting in on drizzle light rain and a shower. however you want to quantify that here, it is one of those things where we are seeing just a nuisance shower rolling on through but the wind is the bigger issue. when we bring it back today it does feature a chance for spotty shower otherwise we have high pressure retreating. next big thing is starting, to get its act together right now, way out to the eastern edge of the rockies and this is a potent frontal boundary moving through our area here specifically friday night into saturday. so, by that point much cooler air, is set to take over. in the meantime probably also cooler then yesterday was but the pollen levels do stay low. in fact we will just keep it at 2.2 for three days straight right here through friday but you by friday night that system will roll in income pollen levels back by saturday because of heavy rain on the

way. so today not a terrible day, clouds, sunshine, spotty shower for some, mid 07's thursday and friday, friday night and saturday morning though the rain and the breeze will take over, vittoria, over to you. we are still waiting for that rush hour traffic to take over so right now things are very calm and serene and lets get outside and getty better look. taking a look at i-95 southbound we have been starting with a shot almost have hit because thinks only thing you have got going on out there traveling southbound on i-95 in delaware county between 476 and commodore barry bridge we have right lanes compromised by construction zones. you are moving by only using the left lane. it doesn't seem to be causing too much of a problem because there is barely anyone out there traveling northbound side of the i-95 lou great as well. looking at vine street expressway that center city connection between schuylkill and i-95, no major delays and no major delays on i-95 and 76 around center city or anywhere. speed sensors high in the 50's. fifty-five traveling on 476, and if you are traveling in

new jersey, however we do want to point out we have an accident at white horse pike at white horse avenue so give yourself more time. mass transit looking great, erika. we have some breaking news at the top of the headlines on cbs-3, fire sweeps through four build as long atlantic avenue in atlantic city. three of of those buildings have collapsed. at least 17 people were force ed from their hems, and they are in the care of the red cross. authorities are investigating the death of the 26 year-old pennsylvania state trooper david kidra was shot during a training exercise and died at temple hospital. an unidentified patient is being treated for the east bowl a virus at a texas hospital. it is first case of ebola a reported here in the u.s. one of the greatest olympians ever, busted by police, hear what michael phelps says have after being accused of driving drunk. another stunning security lapse involving president obama, how a man with the gun, endedded up in an elevator with the president. we will be right back.

another round of layoffs is looming in atlantic city toy day as more workers will learn that their jobs could be, at risk. the the city plans to ask the state today for permission to layoff some city workers. they won't say exactly how many jobs are in jeopardy but the city's tax revenue is shrinking after four casinos folded just this year. one of those casinos that closed could soon have a new owner, bidding war for former revel casino went in the early morning hours. a canadian firm offered more than 110 million-dollar for the now closed casino. they are bat welling a florida develop tore buy the building that was atlantic city's most expensive casino. it cost more than $2 billion to build. now time to check your philadelphia job market report and here's "eyewitness news" jobs expert steven gold heberg. >> millions of veterans

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right now 5:23. here's your traffic and weather together on the three's. we are waking up to a weakening system. >> that is right. we have a le pressure area which is a nuisance, to our area american anything. today is a day i do in the think you need an umbrella much like yesterday. we will see drizzle here and there or a shower. but you can see main juice with this has been dwindling overtime and even they there is still a breeze out there, some spots could still pick up a front this morning. we have a nuisance set of issues. we are in the mid 60's and spots cooler by comparison to the northern and western most

suburbs but as day progress west more clouds overhead it will limit amount of heating. we will shoot for lower 70's with some sun and then as we go into thursday and mess of friday very pleasant weather will once again take grip. vittoria, over to you. thanks, katie good morning everyone. lets see how you you are doing out and about on the roads. we don't have have much to talk about because we are moving well. however what you are looking at here is southbound side of i-95 approaching commodore barry bridge. we have within lane of traffic getting bias a result of construction. this construction is between 476, and the commodore barry. you will be dealing with a little bit of the squeeze but generally speaking that is about it. look at speed sensors and map. tons of green. fifty-five on i-95 in and out of northeast. fifty-five on the 476 and in major delays for mass transit. let check on sports now with ukee. torey, eagles and rams this sunday at lincoln financial feel with the returning lineman hoping to help the offense. lane johnson was back on the

feel at novacare yesterday and he missed first four games because of that suspension for using performance enhancing drugs. birds struggled on the line getting lane, back should help sunday afternoon against one-two st. louis rams. get ready for prime time football tomorrow night, this week it is an nfc north match up with the vikings and these green bay packers from lambeau field. pregame coverage starts at 7:30 right here on cbs-3. there is playoff baseball tonight in pennsylvania but doesn't involve our fightin phillies. pirates host san francisco giants later tonight in pittsburgh in the one game, national league wild card playoff. winner plays washington nationals friday night in d.c. what a finish in last night's american league wild card playoff game, salvador perez gets game winning hit for the royals who scored two runs in the bottom of the 12th inning last night to beat oakland a's nine-eight. royals rally with fred four

runs down to force extra innings. their first trip to the post season since 1985, continues tomorrow night, against the the angels, in anaheim. the the phillies will be keeping their coaching staff. they have asked all members to return for 2015. phillies ended 2014 with the 73-89 for a second straight year. they finish last in the nl east for the first time since the year 2,000. back to you. coming up on "eyewitness news" we are continuing to follow breaking news, a massive fire burning all night long in atlantic city. we are looking live right here of that fire, more than seven hours, after it first started, it the is still going and we can see flames on the roof there. we will get an update from that scene coming up next. the stage is set for breakfast with the candidates what to expect when candidates for governor face off in our studios in just a few hours. also vittoria and katie return with traffic and weather together on the three's. will it feel fall like today.

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we are following breaking news a raging fire rips you this several atlantic city buildings overnight. more than a dozen people are home less this morning as fire fighters, still try to put out those flames. and now it is making matters worse that wind makes it tougher to battle flames. in the video from earlier this morning you can see fire leaping from one building to the next. >> "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry is at the scene right now and has spoken to the fire chief, syma? >> reporter: that is right, ukee and erika. they are saying it is a lot of trouble to put out this fire. we are talking about more than seven hours of work here trying to put out these flames. i will step away so you can see what the situation is like right now. dawn hardly see from this angle because that tree is

blocking it but there are still flames shooting from the roof. now this three alarm fire has been burning for hours here in atlantic city on atlantic avenue between north carolina and pennsylvania avenue. five buildings affected. at least two buildings have partially collapsed. fire startedded around 10:00 o'clock last night and spread to other multi unit buildings. the first floors are mainly storefront with the apartments above. the fire started in an alteration/taylor shop and spread from the first floor, second floor through the roof. luckily in one was injured at this time as fire fighters say they have been just having a hard time containing it. >> no injuries to civilians or fire fighters. we have had two partial collapses, 1114 and 1116 and rear of 1118 collapsed. wind has been a factor all night. fire got in the second floor up in the roof area and it is going this is direction of the win. that is